Steps such as cleaning and disinfecting a calf sled and maternity pens will help boost calving success. Hiring calving interns during college spring breaks is one way Lydia Grant is helping to ensure ...

During any given production year on the ranch, cows/heifers are faced with nutritional and environmental stressors. They have ...

With calving fast approaching and even starting on some farms, the risk of cows contracting mastitis increases dramatically.

It is always exciting when a little one joins the family. In the beef cattle business, calves are typically born during a planned calving season that occurs in the spring or the fall, said the experts ...

Agriland visited Marie-Louise Ryan, a vet working out of Mulcair vets in Cappamore, Co. Tipperary to hear her top tips ahead of calving.

Inventor Alexander Graham Bell once said, “Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.” When it comes to having a successful calving season, Kansas State University Beef Cattle Institute ...

I presented at a Master Cattlemen session recently and, after the meeting, got asked a common question about body condition and feeding cows at calving. The question was he had heard that he should ...

Fall calving can provide more agreeable weather than spring calving along with different marketing timetables, although it can require special nutrition planning for the winter months. Rain or shine, ...

Most cattle producers breed their cows in June so they will calve in March and April, but heifers should be bred 20 to 30 days before the rest of the herd, said David Fernandez, Cooperative Extension ...